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Brian Carr

Founder and Principal Consultant

Appalachian EHS & Process Safety Consulting is led by Brian Carr, an EHS and Process Safety professional with more than 30 years of combined experience in military, aerospace, chemical manufacturing, heavy industry, port operations, industrial startups, and commissioning support. Brian’s experience is not limited to advising organizations from the outside. He has owned EHS, PSM, and environmental management programs and has been accountable for making them work in operating facilities.

Brian has built regulator-tested EHS and PSM programs from the ground up, established management of change, pre-startup safety review, and mechanical integrity and quality assurance systems, developed action-tracking processes, and integrated robust tools into reliability programs. He has developed technical standards libraries that connect recognized engineering practices with facility requirements..

His programs have been tested through audits and inspections by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, WVDEP, federal OSHA, and North Carolina OSHA, including unscheduled OSHA PSM inspections.

As a HOP coach, Brian brings a practical approach to Cultural Engineering, applying Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles to help leaders shape how their organizations learn, respond, and improve. His approach draws on firsthand experience introducing HOP into industrial operations and seeing how it energized leadership teams and opened meaningful conversations about work. Through leadership coaching, employee engagement, and an understanding of how work actually happens, Brian helps organizations translate cultural goals into everyday practices that build trust, strengthen learning, and equip people to respond safely when conditions change or the unexpected occurs.

Brian does not believe that handing a client a binder is the same as building a program. Effective programs must be technically sound, understandable to the people responsible for using them, and integrated into daily operations. Appalachian EHS focuses on clear ownership, practical procedures, disciplined action closure, measurable performance, and systems that continue working after the engagement ends.

Qualifications

  • Occupational Safety & Health, Columbia Southern University

  • ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Auditor

  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Auditor

  • ISO 19011 Management Systems Auditor

  • ISO 45001 OH&S Management Systems Auditor

  • EHS and PSM program leadership in high-hazard operations

  • Certified Machinery Safety Expert (CMSE)

  • OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer

  • EPA Method 9 Visible Emissions

  • RC14001 and management-system implementation experience

  • Internal and second-party auditor experience

  • ABS Group Root Cause Analysis and Incident Investigation training

  • TWIC